Executive Staff

Steve Tannehill, Director
Catherine Grooms, Assistant Director
Joe Klocko, Interim Director Advanced Technology Incubator
Kelle Warren, Program Specialist

Business Advisors & Area of Expertise

Andrew Barden - Marketing, Utilizing Social Networking Tools (eg Facebook, Linkedin, etc)

Tora Brown - BA;  MSPA - Certifications for bidding public contracts

Robert Ehrhardt - BS Chemistry;  MA Public Policy - Environmental Health & Safety;  Manufacturing Process Flow

Nina Grooms-Lee - BA Cal;  MBA Harvard - Business Startups, Marketing, Business Plans, Access to Capital, Young Entrepreneur Program (YEP!)

Catherine Grooms -  Primary Center Advisor, Accounting

Charlie Gill - Senior Counselor, Lease and Facilities;  Masterminds

William "Jim" Heaton - CPA - Accounting, Financial Management, Budgeting and Forecasting

Joe Klocko - BA/MBA - Interim Director of the i3 Incubator (high-impact incubator to advance technology-based start-ups)

Malia McKinney - BA UC Davis - Sales & Marketing, Antelope Valley Representative

Gil Murphy - Access to Capital;  Finance & Business Plans

Paul Mazbanian - BS/MBA Business - Accessing Debt Financing

Crystalynn Shelton - BA Accounting, UT - Accounting / QuickBooks / POS

Connie Sparks - Business Trainings;  Professional Development

Steve Tannehill - BA UCSB;  MBA Berkeley - Capital Markets, Primary Counselor

Ben Tenn - BS Economics;  MBA UCLA - Business Startups;  Strategy, Marketing Sales, San Fernando Valley Representative

Suzan Velez - Human Resources and Organizational Change Management

College Interns and Areas of Responsibility

Gregg Anderson - YEP!

Nicolas Cardenas - Sayre Fire Grant

Taylor Ritenour - Website & Database Support

Anita Tovmasyan - Client Files & Data Integrity

Kristine Loffredo - Marketing Support